Local Sports

November 29, 2014

WAPAKONETA —It was only fitting that the game ended with a kick after the major role special teams played in Friday night’s state semifinal contest.

Minster watched, pleaded, prayed as Tinora kicker Josh Camp’s 27-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds of Friday night’s Division VI state semifinal football game drifted wide left. The miss assured the Wildcats of a 14-13 win over previously-unbeaten Tinora and locked in a berth in the state championship game next Friday at the Horseshoe.

November 22, 2014

TROTWOOD MADISON 34, WAPAKONETA 28

SIDNEY — Two lost fumbles by the Wapakoneta Redskins doomed their chance of unseating the Trotwood-Madison Rams.

Losing the opportunity to score, the Redskins defense could not make enough stops to survive the Rams in four overtime sessions, as Trotwood-Madison prevailed in a 34-28 four overtime thriller Friday at Sidney Memorial Stadium.

November 18, 2014

WAPAKONETA — The Marion Local juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down.

The three-time defnding state champion Flyers won their 34th straight game with a 35-0 whitewashing of fellow Midwest Athletic Conference member Fort Recovery on Saturday night in a Division VII regional quarterfinal at Harmon Field.

“I feel good about where we are,” Marion Local head coach Tim Goodwin said. “We’re healthy. But I still think we can play better than this.”

November 18, 2014

PIQUA — Minster's front seven set the tone. The Wildcats' ball-hawking secondary and big-play passing game took it home in an emphatic 45-19 win over the Versailles Tigers in a Division VI second-round playoff win at Piqua's Alexander Stadium on Friday night.

"We had a great week of practice and our seniors had us locked in," Minster head coach Geron Stokes said.